#8BB4E3#8BB4E3

#8BB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.081 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB4E3
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -2.09, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 28.00, 265.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0247 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.081 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8294, 43.6753, 78.9369)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB4E3 #E3BA8B

analogous

#8BE0E3 #8BB4E3 #8E8BE3

triadic

#8BB4E3 #E38BB4 #B4E38B

tetradic

#8BB4E3 #E38BE0 #E3BA8B #8BE38E

square

#8BB4E3 #E38BE0 #E3BA8B #8BE38E

split-complementary

#8BB4E3 #E38E8B #E0E38B

monochromatic

#2F75C4 #5A94D7 #8BB4E3 #BCD4EF #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8BB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#8BB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB4E3

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB4E3	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.081 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caec',
    500: '#8bb4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb4e3;
$custom-light: #b0caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.045,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB4E3

secondary

#F0E6DA

accent

#791DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB4E3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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